Belgrade, Gritty Capital of Serbia, Is on the Rise. Gritty Capital of Serbia on the Rise. Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, part of the former Yugoslavia, is relatively unknown thanks to years behind the Iron Curtain under communist rule and the years of civil war that ravaged the Balkans.
Belgrade (/ËbÉlÉ¡reÉªd/; Serbian: Beograd / Ð±ÐµÐ¾Ð³ÑÐ°Ð´; Serbian pronunciation: [beÇÉ¡rad] ( listen); names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. Its name translates to White city.
According to Quaw, the townsite was a blind railroad siding nine and seven tenths miles west of Bozeman, and was named Belgrade after the capital of Serbia as an expression of appreciation to Serbian investors who helped finance a portion of the Northern Pacific Railroad.